I think Monica started out very much as the voice of the audienceand even before that, the ear of the audience, says Adam Grant, an author and organizational psychologist whos appeared on the show twice
The drug is also being tested in obesity where data is expected potentially next year
These wonder drugs developed originally as a therapeutic tool for diabetes (and coupled with a healthful diet theyre a good one for that) are famously now being employed for weight loss in the broader non-diabetic (and sometimes not even particularly overweight) population, but also for a crazy quilt array of other conditions, including: cardiovascular risk reduction (for which theyve gained FDA approval), obstructive sleep apnea tied to obesity, slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease, improving fatty liver disease, protecting against Alzheimers and other dementias, and such off label applications as reducing the craving for alcohol and other addictive substances, lowering blood pressure, improving lipid profiles, increasing insulin sensitivity in PCOS, and possible roles in alleviating chronic pain, strengthening bones in osteoporosis, and reducing seizures
doi:10.1136/bmj-2025-086886
Confirmatory GC-MS testing would resolve any ambiguous preliminary result
There is limited data about exactly how GLP-1 RAs affect fertility, pregnancy, and breastfeeding